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	<P><H3>Psalm 128</H3>
	<SUP class="vnum">1</SUP> "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth," Let Israel now say- 
	<SUP class="vnum">2</SUP> "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. 
	<SUP class="vnum">3</SUP> The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long." 
	<SUP class="vnum">4</SUP> The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. 
	<SUP class="vnum">5</SUP> Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. 
	<SUP class="vnum">6</SUP> Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, 
	<SUP class="vnum">7</SUP> With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. 
	<SUP class="vnum">8</SUP> Neither let those who pass by them say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD!" 

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